Stephen Elliott
@stelliott.bsky.social
Journalist in Nashville, from Alabama
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And now Van Epps is speaking. “This is just an incredible win. Tonight you sent a message loud and clear. The people of Middle Tennessee stand with President Donald Trump.”
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
And now Van Epps is speaking. “This is just an incredible win. Tonight you sent a message loud and clear. The people of Middle Tennessee stand with President Donald Trump.”
Not much reaction here still. Looks like Van Epps will hold on.
December 3, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Not much reaction here still. Looks like Van Epps will hold on.
Filling up a little more
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Filling up a little more
Here at the Millenium Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville as Matt Van Epps and Tennessee Republicans await special election results
December 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Here at the Millenium Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville as Matt Van Epps and Tennessee Republicans await special election results
spent all day yesterday at a formal ethics hearing where they spent hours discussing text messages about me
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
spent all day yesterday at a formal ethics hearing where they spent hours discussing text messages about me
Feels good to be voted Third Best of Nashville! Thank you, @nashvillescene.com readers!
October 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Feels good to be voted Third Best of Nashville! Thank you, @nashvillescene.com readers!
I'm looking for people to meet, events to attend and stories to tell in the 37217 ZIP code (Percy Priest, Smith Springs, Nashboro Village, part of Murfreesboro Pike and south side of the airport). If you know of anything I should check out in the area, please let me know.
September 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I'm looking for people to meet, events to attend and stories to tell in the 37217 ZIP code (Percy Priest, Smith Springs, Nashboro Village, part of Murfreesboro Pike and south side of the airport). If you know of anything I should check out in the area, please let me know.
What was going on in 1987
September 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
What was going on in 1987
Bad sign that Nashville housing market is trending toward NYC when 12 day “sublets” start popping up
August 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Bad sign that Nashville housing market is trending toward NYC when 12 day “sublets” start popping up
Anyone know of a cute mountain/woods/river type place to stay in the late fall in the Smoky Mountains or maybe Upper Cumberland area?
August 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Anyone know of a cute mountain/woods/river type place to stay in the late fall in the Smoky Mountains or maybe Upper Cumberland area?
Why are you not the host
August 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Why are you not the host
I was trying to copy this story. www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/07/10/r...
July 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I was trying to copy this story. www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/07/10/r...
Metro Nashville’s debate over installing its own license plate readers might have faded away due to lack of council support, but the state has a plan to install the tech in Davidson County anyway:
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July 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Metro Nashville’s debate over installing its own license plate readers might have faded away due to lack of council support, but the state has a plan to install the tech in Davidson County anyway:
nashvillebanner.com/2025/07/22/t...
nashvillebanner.com/2025/07/22/t...
I remember feeling extreme second hand embarrassment when I saw sitting Tennessee state lawmakers, arms overflowing with Vols gear to be signed, giddily lining up to meet Phil Fulmer at the state Capitol a few years ago
July 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I remember feeling extreme second hand embarrassment when I saw sitting Tennessee state lawmakers, arms overflowing with Vols gear to be signed, giddily lining up to meet Phil Fulmer at the state Capitol a few years ago
I’m proud to work in a newsroom that believes local education coverage should be deep, fair, and people-first. We’re hiring a dedicated reporter to make that happen. Will you help us fund it? nashville-public-media.fundjournalism.org/donate/?camp...
June 16, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I’m proud to work in a newsroom that believes local education coverage should be deep, fair, and people-first. We’re hiring a dedicated reporter to make that happen. Will you help us fund it? nashville-public-media.fundjournalism.org/donate/?camp...
Posing for portraits and being quoted by name kinda belies the whole “doxxing” thing doesn’t it? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
June 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Posing for portraits and being quoted by name kinda belies the whole “doxxing” thing doesn’t it? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
Ahead of this afternoon's committee meeting at which MNPD will be questioned about its role in federal immigration arrests, Nashville legal director Wally Dietz just sent this timeline (with call recordings) to councilmembers. "no evidence to suggest MNPD involvement in the joint operation"
May 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Ahead of this afternoon's committee meeting at which MNPD will be questioned about its role in federal immigration arrests, Nashville legal director Wally Dietz just sent this timeline (with call recordings) to councilmembers. "no evidence to suggest MNPD involvement in the joint operation"